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Also known as Bararus, Bararus municipium

Rougga is a town in southern Tunisia located in Sfax Governorate, on the Oued er Rougga wadi. Rougga is the Berber name of the town, which is known as Raqqa in Arabic. The town is located on the site of the Ancient Roman African city and former bishopric Bararus, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

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  • History
  • Ecclesiastical history
  • Titular see
  • Remains
  • Theater
  • Cistern
  • Inscriptions
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources and external links

Rougga is a town in southern Tunisia located in Sfax Governorate, on the Oued er Rougga wadi. Rougga is the Berber name of the town, which is known as Raqqa in Arabic. The town is located on the site of the Ancient Roman African city and former bishopric Bararus, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

== History == A veteran of this city is mentioned in a list of soldiers from Nicopolis, a Roman garrison suburb of Alexandria, Egypt, recruited in Africa province.

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